Summary.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:5px;font-size:95%;border-spacing:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:4px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{background:#ccf;text-align:right;padding-right:0.4em;width:15%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:-8px}@media only screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table.fileinfotpl-type-information{border-spacing:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody{display:block}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:0.2em 0.4em;text-align:left;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 0 100%;width:100%}} Description: Introduced, cool-season, perennial, dense, tussocky grass to 60 cm tall and with short soft hairs on nodes. Leaves are bright green, very fine and rough to the touch; erect when young, but drooping in larger plants. Ligules are short, white membranes 0.5–2.5 mm long. Flowerheads are open panicles to 25 cm long; they break off at maturity and blow along. Spikelets are 1-flowered and have 2 purplish glumes. Lemmas are 1.5-2 mm long and about as broad, with a nearly straight 2-3.5 cm long awn attached off-centre. Flowers in spring. A native of South America, it is mostly found on light soils in areas of disturbance (e.g. roadsides and overgrazed pastures), low productivity and/or ground cover. A Weed of National Significance, it readily invades any sort of grassy vegetation. Extremely poor feed value; animals forced to graze it may eventually starve to death. Plants and seed banks are long lived, but seedlings are susceptible to competition. Managed with a combination of methods: competitive pastures; windbreaks; minimising soil disturbance; machinery, fodder and livestock hygiene; cropping; physical removal; and registered herbicides. Date: 13 November 2013, 07:48. Source:
Nassella trichotoma plant11. Author:
Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia.
